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Grantmaking public charityEIN 520899215

PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE

ARLINGTON, VA 22202

Total Assets

$654.6M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$8.0M

FY 2023

Grants Made

94

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$85K

FY 2023

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$75.5M

Distribution and information technology - represents network, media, and satellite operation centers handling, technical evaluation, and other pre-transmission processing of all program video; program origination transmission including operational support for news and other live event coverage, and the scheduling and logging of all satellite feeds. This expense category also includes other technical research and planning, and the oversight, lease, and acquisition of satellite capacity.

Program 2

$16.7M

Member services - represents services provided to pbs' member stations, including digital products and services, development, and copyright administration.

Program 3

$1.7M

Other - represents other services provided to public broadcasting stations and producers from cable and license fee revenue received from cable and satellite providers.

Program 4

$865K

Ventures - represents activities associated with marketing and selling programs across multiple platforms, including subscription video-on-demand, digital content, producing and manufacturing physical goods such as dvd and blu-ray products and program-related products; the licensing, development, and distribution of interactive products; the licensing of video content to commercial online and mobile service providers; and online sponsorship activities.

Focus Areas

ArtsCulture & Humanities

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$558.2M

Total Expenses

$550.7M

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $13.3M in 2019. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

$13.2M
5 grants
SHOE INK LLC
$8.0M
4 grants
MILWAUKEE PBS (WMVS)
$540K
1 grant
THE UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CTR FOR PUB TV
$449K
1 grant
IOWA PBS
$410K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
159
grants
$10–50K
254
grants
$50–250K
60
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
7
grants
$5M+
2
grants

Geographic Focus

53 states

Virginia
$13.4M
26% of total
Massachusetts
$11.9M
23% of total
California
$10.5M
20% of total
Georgia
$2.1M
4% of total
New York
$1.5M
3% of total
North Carolina
$1.1M
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$961K
2% of total
Ohio
$844K
2% of total
Texas
$714K
1% of total
Wisconsin
$653K
1% of total

+43 more states

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